Okay, we have the "bickering couple" kind of lakorn... While the girl had at least some sense, the guy acted so immature I thought he COULD have more sense in his age. I would probably be able to enjoy the previous version with young Willie McIntosh more... Such role doesn't fit someone almost middle aged. Also Noom Santisuk would look more convincing as a buddy to go for a beer with, than Andy's dad. Which he would have to become at the age of 15. Of course, Noom looks compatible with Mam Jintara, with whom he previously portrayed a married couple several times. (She is also the nang'ek of the original lakorn, btw:)

So much can be said about the cast. But what I must also say, is that the characters here are enjoyable. The character's dynamics are enjoyable. This lakorn's first half (yeah, the isn't as LOT of the bickering as described in the synopsis... it mellows down kinda soon in this version) isn't a bad watch, thanks to that. The character's dynamics is something I rarely like in thai lakorns, usually it's just lots of silly-screaming-and-fighting, or the "revenge guy" is just mean to the main girl no matter what. What I liked was that Andy's character, though extremely bitter, always stayed gentlemanly and would never allow a female to be harmed or in discomfort under his watch, even if he violently disliked her. Therefore his character had something that makes the audience genuinely wish him to overcome his bitterness and be happy again, and not just for the sake of the cute couple poster of the lakorn.

Also, rarely in thai lakorns can we watch cute details of relationships. Like, what started here since episode 2... The lunch scenes. Simple thing like that, but I appreaciated this time-filler so much more than than the usual lakorn endless "dramatic" bickering. Pitty this did not last longer thoughout whole lakorn.

As for support roles, there is Wan Thanakrit's character, whose story is perhaps too cruel. I couldn't help but pitty him in episode 2, in compare to him, Andy's main guy's life was cheerful. Nevertheless, it doesn't stop him from flirting the main girl since episode 3. Next episodes, the tone of his story changes to more optimistic. Then, as he gets less and less chances with the main girl, he starts to interact with Min Natwara most of the screentime... I didn't find their pairing very appealing.

Andy's character starts being super protective over the main girl since epi 3. And the main girl admits to her friends she likes him since the first meeting! Wow, speedy. But, I do prefer speedy over draggy:) Truth is it was a bit hard to imagine what would a bubbly girl see in Andy, no matter how hard they tried to comb his hair into super-youthful hairstyle. And their fake "kiss" looked ugly.

What feels fresh is that when Andy's pra'ek starts the typical macho behavior where he invades her personal space and gets physically close to her for (seemingly) no reason, she doesn't react by being freaked or confused by it like the typical nang'ek. No, she's openly excited and happy about it:) I do wonder if it was like that in the older version, too!

Andy Gregson (still) cannot really act so when there was a scene he was whining in a bed having a nightmare I had to laugh. His character is also very angry when he finds out people are trying to set him up with a girl. But I agreed, he needed help in that department.

Also, his main girl dislikement doesn't last more than 4 episodes. In episode 5 he acts openly concerned for her, bordering on possessive. When at first she was mostly hanging around the guy portrayed by Wan Thanakrit, without care he openly makes sour faces like he would like to murder him lol. By the way, Not Vorarit was the most attractive guy in this lakorn (AND he didn't have to act out:) if we have to go with older pra'ek here, he's much better watch.

Nevertheless, Andy's character lives in a family tragedy, where his own household members caused him to lose practically both his parents (one is dead physically, one dead from his heart). Still, Andy looks ridiculous, when in his age, he keeps crying for missing his mommy. Matt Peeranee portrays the girl beautiful enough on the inside and out that she is willing and able to help him. Which makes a beautiful human drama kind of lovestory, only problem is when the guy for whom she puts so much effort comes across as awkward "uncle" who didn't get to grow up and act his age.

As if this wasn't enough story, the runtime is stretched by DEMENTED "crime line", with illegal loans, children being abducted at daytime and human trafficked at night, and we don't wait long for the first gunshooting. I PRAY for many years for lakorn producers to spare me any of those elements in lakorns unless it's a specialized crime themed series. Instead, there almost doesn't exist a single thai series where they would not use it at least a little, basically it's presented as a part of the life style. If human trafficking is really such a common occurence in Thailand, then making such stupid tv shows about it is probably helping the real mafia even more.

I enjoyed more to watch not the second, but the third couple, here. Vicky Sunisa Jett & Not Vorarit were stunning together and did not have to run and scream all around to achieve that. Though their characters turned just into plot devices for the first couple for most of the screentime, they had an ending that I appreciated and approved of. The nang'ek's "aunt" was more secured for her future even when she left with nothing, just by the man she had by her side. On the other hand, it was probably for the best that Andy's volatile pra'ek came from that palace with servants, lol.

When Andy's main guy stopped "hating" the main girl completely and there still was almost a half series ahead, I was getting bored. I wasn't interested in any of the THREE conspiring aunties/grannies. So at episode 9, I started skipping their scenes... There were still too many episodes left in compare how much I "cared" about the main couple, or "wished" the girl to end up with Andy's character. He looked so ridiculous in his sad/angry scenes. I had to laugh in the wrong places. If you still want to cast Andy next time, cast him as someone's uncle with delayed maturity disorder.

I liked when near the final Andy's pra'ek shouted at his closest family members how he hated what they did for years. And how he still refused to be separated from his nang'ek, even in situation which else would suffice as definite parting plot in other lakorn. That was something that I'd wished for many pra'ek's to do in other lakorns which had similar vicious family member characters (I wondered if the 1995 version pra'ek did the same... but then I read about it and that version was probably quite different ride, no stupid evil aunties:) But what undermined it a bit was Andy's "acting", which looked so immature it was kind of comical unintentionally. He was like grown-up sized toddler having a fit lol. The only thing we still "needed" was the most hysterical side-character drawing a gun... Of course, we got blessed in the final. Pitty the old version is not available even raw.

I liked when pra'ek spoked to his wounded father in the final so openly. What I didn't like was Andy's delivery, that reminded me of amateur theatricals on the streets. I liked how the way family members treated each other thoughout pra'ek's whole life still mattered and was directly adressed, pondered upon and had still consequences other than just usual "final drama" with lots of yelling and sharp skip right to the happy ending.

Overall I found this lakorn remarkable with characters and scenes that were very rare for lakorns, though very fitting for lakorns: and thus welcomed and intriguing. Unfortunatelly, this was blended with remarkably bad acting, corny surplus elements and annoying time fillers. To rate such lakorn is kind of difficult. I had to stick with average digits as all the values were so differing.